Integrated payment, POS offers 2-second transaction

The South African financial technology company that brought card-payment systems to smaller businesses as far back as 2008 has just announced a new integrated payment solution that will benefit franchise store owners, larger independent retailers and franchise owners....

Metacom to provide communications for Lewis Stores

Lewis Stores has selected Metacom as its exclusive South African communications service provider. The retailer has a South African footprint of more than 645 stores nationwide with a further 116 stores in Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland, which Metacom has...

Payments industry launches new type of debit order

Over the last few years there has been a significant increase in debit orders processed to bank accounts without permission (a mandate) from consumers. On the other hand, irresponsible consumer behavior – where bank customers are disputing debit orders that do...

Digital Academy targets youth development

The Digital Academy, an alternative learning institution aimed at software development and technology job-seekers, has set the tone for everyone out there talking too much and moving too little. “We are trying to solve real problems in the only way we know how,...

Green light for Unilever green desk

Pupils at two impoverished schools who have had to make do with sharing a desk need no longer compromise their academic outcomes thanks to a partnership between Unilever and The Wildlands Conservation Trust. Skeen Primary School in Alexandra, east of Johannesburg and...

SA’s Peach Payments partners with ACI on Alipay

ACI Worldwide, a global provider of real-time electronic payment and banking solutions, and Alipay have announced that they are launching Alipay in South Africa, via regional payment service provider (PSP) Peach Payments. This builds upon ACI’s long-standing...